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May 9th, 2018
Credit: Orbital/ATK
Orbital ATK has released a new video showing its vision for the next step toward human space missions employing its Cygnus advanced maneuvering spacecraft as a human habitat in cislunar space, the region between the Moon and Earth.
In the early 2020s, Orbital ATK says it would launch the initial habitat on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
Featuring a modular design, the habitat would serve both as a destination for crewed missions and as an unmanned testbed to prove-out the technologies needed for long-duration human space missions.
Credit: Orbital/ATK
The habitat is also envisioned as a base for lunar missions by international partners or commercial ventures. With additional habitation and propulsion modules, the habitat could be outfitted for a Mars pathfinder mission.
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